[BTCC] BTCC 2018 Rumours & Silly Season

[850Estate]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

And now I'm stuck with seeing it! Eeeuuugghhh.

Was it connected to a sponsor's colour - or just a bad match?

Oh no. I can't unsee that. That's horrendous.

[Alfisti]

Guess they got the bumpers painted by a a partially sighted paint sprayer in a very dark cave!

Or it could be they were destined for road cars and weren't needed so were given to the race team... let's face it, money was tight so it's close enough; especially when you think of the sheer amount of trims and panels their drivers wrecked last year!

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

Duo and espares on the transporter still...... What does this mean?!?

Mat Jackson confirmed as new Motorbase truck driver; bigger engine, more torques!

[850Estate]

Anybody make it to Team Parker's Launch?

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by 850Estate

Anybody make it to Team Parker's Launch?

I'm at work until after the launch has finished. I could ask my wife to have a look when she takes the dog for a walk, but she'd probably not be able to tell what car it was anyway!

[luckn002]

Originally Posted by 850Estate

Anybody make it to Team Parker's Launch?

Haven't seen anything online yet...

[Racing Harz]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

I'm at work until after the launch has finished. I could ask my wife to have a look when she takes the dog for a walk, but she'd probably not be able to tell what car it was anyway!

Could she make a picture?

[Robin Marriott]

So the BMW rumour mill was true then!

[Racing Harz]

Jelly in the Parker BMW.
https://www.touringcartimes.com/2018...w-switch-2018/

[850Estate]

Fair play to TPR. They don't do bad liveries.

[luckn002]

Originally Posted by 850Estate

Fair play to TPR. They don't do bad liveries.

If I'm honest I really don't like it, especially looking down on it... much prefered last year's. Might just be me being picky though!

Good luck to them though. Hopefully Jelley can do a lot better than last year.

[Div]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

And now I'm stuck with seeing it! Eeeuuugghhh.

Was it connected to a sponsor's colour - or just a bad match?

It's the difference in the colour between the painted rear bumper and the stickered red on the chassis. Paint shop couldn't get a match.

[Cinghio44]

Jelley will be competitive again in the RWD BMW

[lukej]

Originally Posted by BobJones

In 2017, the rear bumper became a darker shade of red. Not crying about it, just nerding out over a livery. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

It could be one of 2 things:

1) A spare bumper wrapped in the wrong colour red.

2) An optical anomaly caused by the way the light is reflected/absorbed differently by wrapped metal panels and wrapped grp (I've seen this sort of thing a few times on race cars).

Edit: Option 3) Looks like 2016 red was darker than 2017, maybe a reused old bumper?

[BobJones]

The grid gets more competitive, yet again. Jelley is RWD is a different driver, expect him to come alive at Croft.

[Craner Curves]

That BMW is lovely. I expect a big increase in competitiveness this year, especially with plenty of data from previous years.

[redshoes]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

That BMW is lovely. I expect a big increase in competitiveness this year, especially with plenty of data from previous years.

Smart move using the older spec engine as well. Probably cheaper than the latest spec unit, and won't get hit with the same boost adjustments.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by lukej

It could be one of 2 things:

1) A spare bumper wrapped in the wrong colour red.

2) An optical anomaly caused by the way the light is reflected/absorbed differently by wrapped metal panels and wrapped grp (I've seen this sort of thing a few times on race cars).

Edit: Option 3) Looks like 2016 red was darker than 2017, maybe a reused old bumper?

Looking at it again - it appears to match the red within the large MG logo by the rear arch.

I wonder if they have got confused over which shade of red to use?

The majority of the red looks to be 'MG Red', and the replacement bumper looks like 'Autumn Red'.

[Div]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Looking at it again - it appears to match the red within the large MG logo by the rear arch.

I wonder if they have got confused over which shade of red to use?

The majority of the red looks to be 'MG Red', and the replacement bumper looks like 'Autumn Red'.

Like I said above, its the difference in the painted red and the red stickers. All bumpers used last year were the same painted red.

[Craner Curves]

Parker have sold their Focus back to Motorbase as a spare.

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Looking at it again - it appears to match the red within the large MG logo by the rear arch.

I wonder if they have got confused over which shade of red to use?

The majority of the red looks to be 'MG Red', and the replacement bumper looks like 'Autumn Red'.

Except, the rear quarter of the wheel arch and the bumper are one panel, so, certainly to my eyes, the colour differences were intentional. Unless, of course, they ran out of either paint or wrap mid stream.

[jsmee]

Is this seriously where we are at in silly season, looking at the wrap colour on last year's damage ridden MG?!

[Moneyseeker]

Originally Posted by 850Estate

Fair play to TPR. They don't do bad liveries.

Not been to the JYS school of tyre brand logo lining up though.....!

[BobJones]

Originally Posted by jsmee

Is this seriously where we are at in silly season, looking at the wrap colour on last year's damage ridden MG?!

I thought livery talk would be right up your street...

[jsmee]

Originally Posted by BobJones

I thought livery talk would be right up your street...

Absolutely it is! I can't wait to see some new liveries.

However, its a bit unfair to pick on 888 and their MGs last year. We know they hsd bigger issues than the tint of their wrap with those things, sadly.